Michihiro Suga

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Michihiro Suga is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michihiro Suga has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Michihiro Suga's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (24 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers). Michihiro Suga is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (24 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers). Michihiro Suga collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Michihiro Suga's co-authors include Jian‐Ren Shen, Fusamichi Akita, Tingyun Kuang, Xiaochun Qin, Eiki Yamashita, Yoshiki Nakajima, Tomitake Tsukihara, Keitaro Yamashita, Hideo Ago and Tetsuya Shimizu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michihiro Suga

31 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

2014 938 citations Michihiro Suga, Fusamichi Akita et al. Nature profile →
Structure of the connexin 26 gap junction channel at 3.5 Å resolution

2009 553 citations Shoji Maeda, So Nakagawa et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michihiro Suga Japan	18	2.2k	632	594	529	467	32	2.9k
Armen Y. Mulkidjanian Russia	36	3.2k 1.5×	306 0.5×	908 1.5×	642 1.2×	277 0.6×	114	4.2k
Masayo Iwaki Japan	29	1.9k 0.9×	521 0.8×	744 1.3×	658 1.2×	361 0.8×	72	2.4k
Marc M. Nowaczyk Germany	38	2.9k 1.3×	1.5k 2.3×	851 1.4×	718 1.4×	491 1.1×	97	4.0k
H. Komiya United States	10	2.4k 1.1×	725 1.1×	580 1.0×	780 1.5×	423 0.9×	12	2.9k
Jon Nield United Kingdom	38	3.1k 1.4×	844 1.3×	923 1.6×	377 0.7×	166 0.4×	53	3.5k
Peter Heathcote United Kingdom	36	2.4k 1.1×	482 0.8×	875 1.5×	981 1.9×	276 0.6×	83	2.7k
Torbjörn Pascher Sweden	37	1.5k 0.7×	802 1.3×	386 0.6×	758 1.4×	1.3k 2.7×	71	3.8k
Robert L. Burnap United States	32	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	632 1.1×	423 0.8×	153 0.3×	78	3.3k
Matthias Rögner Germany	24	2.0k 0.9×	636 1.0×	707 1.2×	466 0.9×	246 0.5×	41	2.4k
Miwa Sugiura Japan	38	3.6k 1.6×	774 1.2×	1.5k 2.5×	1.6k 3.0×	304 0.7×	127	4.1k

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Fujiwara, Akihiko, Hidenori Goto, Hideki Okamoto, et al.. (2025). Biosensor Application of CMOS Inverter and Ring Oscillator with Organic Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 7(4). 1483–1492. 1 indexed citations

Isobe, Hiroshi, Takayoshi Suzuki, Michihiro Suga, Jian‐Ren Shen, & Kizashi Yamaguchi. (2024). Conformational Flexibility of D1-Glu189: A Crucial Determinant in Substrate Water Selection, Positioning, and Stabilization within the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II. ACS Omega. 9(50). 50041–50048. 2 indexed citations

Saitoh, Yasunori & Michihiro Suga. (2022). Structure and function of a silicic acid channel Lsi1. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 982068–982068. 12 indexed citations

Saitoh, Yasunori, Namiki Mitani‐Ueno, Keisuke Saito, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for high selectivity of a rice silicon channel Lsi1. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6236–6236. 42 indexed citations

Suga, Michihiro & Jian‐Ren Shen. (2020). Structural variations of photosystem I-antenna supercomplex in response to adaptations to different light environments. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 63. 10–17. 41 indexed citations

Suga, Michihiro, et al.. (2019). Structure of the green algal photosystem I supercomplex with a decameric light-harvesting complex I. Nature Plants. 5(6). 626–636. 127 indexed citations

Suga, Michihiro, Atsuhiro Shimada, Fusamichi Akita, et al.. (2019). Time-resolved studies of metalloproteins using X-ray free electron laser radiation at SACLA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1864(2). 129466–129466. 23 indexed citations

Nakajima, Yoshiki, Yasufumi Umena, Ryo Nagao, et al.. (2018). Thylakoid membrane lipid sulfoquinovosyl-diacylglycerol (SQDG) is required for full functioning of photosystem II in Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(38). 14786–14797. 34 indexed citations

Yu, Long‐Jiang, Michihiro Suga, Zheng‐Yu Wang‐Otomo, & Jian‐Ren Shen. (2018). Structure of photosynthetic LH1–RC supercomplex at 1.9 Å resolution. Nature. 556(7700). 209–213. 121 indexed citations

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Motomura, Taiki, Michihiro Suga, Rainer Hienerwadel, et al.. (2017). Crystal structure and redox properties of a novel cyanobacterial heme protein with a His/Cys heme axial ligation and a Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS)-like domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(23). 9599–9612. 13 indexed citations

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Suga, Michihiro, Xiaochun Qin, Tingyun Kuang, & Jian‐Ren Shen. (2016). Structure and energy transfer pathways of the plant photosystem I-LHCI supercomplex. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 39. 46–53. 40 indexed citations

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Shoji, Mitsuo, Hiroshi Isobe, Takahito Nakajima, et al.. (2016). Large-scale QM/MM calculations of the CaMn₄O₅ cluster in the S₃ state of the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II. Comparison between water-inserted and no water-inserted structures. Faraday Discussions. 198. 83–106. 27 indexed citations

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Shoji, Mitsuo, Hiroshi Isobe, Shusuke Yamanaka, et al.. (2015). On the guiding principles for lucid understanding of the damage-free S1 structure of the CaMn4O5 cluster in the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II. Chemical Physics Letters. 627. 44–52. 24 indexed citations

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Suga, Michihiro, Fusamichi Akita, Kunio Hirata, et al.. (2014). Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses. Nature. 517(7532). 99–103. 938 indexed citations breakdown →

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Suga, Michihiro, et al.. (2013). Crystal structure at 1.5 Å resolution of the PsbV2 cytochrome from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. FEBS Letters. 587(19). 3267–3272. 10 indexed citations

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Suga, Michihiro, Naomine Yano, Kazumasa Muramoto, et al.. (2011). Distinguishing between Cl⁻and O₂²⁻as the bridging element between Fe³⁺and Cu²⁺in resting-oxidized cytochromecoxidase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 67(8). 742–744. 14 indexed citations

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Suga, Michihiro, Shoji Maeda, So Nakagawa, Eiki Yamashita, & Tomitake Tsukihara. (2009). A description of the structural determination procedures of a gap junction channel at 3.5 Å resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 65(8). 758–766. 23 indexed citations

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Maeda, Shoji, So Nakagawa, Michihiro Suga, et al.. (2009). Structure of the connexin 26 gap junction channel at 3.5 Å resolution. Nature. 458(7238). 597–602. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aoyama, Hiroshi, Kazumasa Muramoto, Kunio Hirata, et al.. (2008). S11.17 A peroxide bridge between the two metals in the dinuclear center of the fully oxidized cytochrome c oxidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777. S69–S69. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Sang‐Woo, Michihiro Suga, Kyoko Ogasahara, et al.. (2007). Structure ofPhysarum polycephalumcytochromeb₅reductase at 1.56 Å resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(4). 274–279. 10 indexed citations

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